#A165DC#A165DC

#A165DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.179 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165DC
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 220)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 54.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, 46.72, -51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 69.90, 311.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% 0.1027 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.179 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2671, 22.0519, 70.2528)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165DC #A0DC65

analogous

#6565DC #A165DC #DC65DC

triadic

#A165DC #DCA165 #65DCA1

tetradic

#A165DC #DC6565 #A0DC65 #65DCDC

square

#A165DC #DC6565 #A0DC65 #65DCDC

split-complementary

#A165DC #DCDC65 #65DC65

monochromatic

#6425A2 #8333D1 #A165DC #BF97E7 #DEC9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#A165DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#A165DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165DC

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165DC	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C80E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5081D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.179 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c093e7',
    500: '#a165dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165dc;
$custom-light: #c093e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.252,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62378,
    "c": 0.17884,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165DC

secondary

#CEE4B9

accent

#CB1B72

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165DC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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